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Schwantz gets one-off Moto2 team
By Ben Cope on 17/06/2010 10:29:26
1993 500cc Grand Prix World Champion and Arthur Macdonald lookalike, will front up new wildcard team
KEVIN Schwantz will head up a new Moto2 team at the 2010 Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix.The team is backed by American Honda and will field a Honda-powered Moriwaki MD600. The bike is to be ridden by 27-year old Roger Lee Hayden who's currently
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Aprilia shelves its Moto2 project
By Ben Cope on 25/11/2009 16:04:37
Aprilia pull out of Moto2 class and won't be supplying any bikes to privateer teams
APRILIA HAVE announced that they won't be a part of the Moto2 class in 2010.The main reason given for the withdrawal is the required use of a Honda-built engine. However, Aprilia have known about this since May 5th and this announcement comes as a
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Get On Africa: Blog One
By Ben Cope on 06/04/2011 15:51:43
The Editor sets out on his adventure across Lesotho with the celebs of the Get On Africa team
'll see if any get broken on this trip...After our workshop visit, the Get On Africa team and I assembled kitted up and raring to go. It was pouring with rain but that didn't dampen the enthusiasm. Our reliable steeds for this trip are Honda CTX200s. We
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Ride Spain's newest race track with Visordown
By Ben Cope on 01/02/2008 10:19:48
Catalan Sports Bikes have teamed up with Visordown to offer a specialEaster package
width:300px; margin:5px 0px 5px 10px;"align="center"La Selva circuitVisordown and Catalan Sports Bikes have teamed up to offer the chance to ride thenewest track in Spain over the Easter weekend.Located near the holiday resorts of the Spanish Costa
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Win tickets to Red Bull X-Fighters at Vue
By Ben Cope on 20/08/2009 11:34:02
We've teamed up with Vue and are giving away 10 pairs of tickets to watch X-Fighters live
The Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour Finale is a display of twelve of the world’s best Freestyle Motocross (FMX) riders who will wow a 17,000 strong audience on 22nd August at Battersea Power Station, London, as they give a white knuckle performance
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Versys 1000: 5 questions to the engineers
By Ben Cope on 08/12/2011 08:56:21
We put five questions to the team behind Kawasaki's new all-roads tourer
and broken roads, so we chose the 17" wheels and Pirelli Scorpion tyres as they offer good grip on the road, but have an all-road look. Of course, you could always put sticky tyres on should you wish!4. If you're after a decent tank range, why is it 1,043cc
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Discuss: Do 1000cc superbikes need traction control?
By Ben Cope on 21/06/2011 09:28:00
...or is it all in your wrist?
The 2012 Yamaha YZF-R1 joins the growing list of 1000cc superbikes with traction control, but do we need it?Superbikes with traction control:Aprilia RSV4 APRC SEBMW S1000RRDucati 1198MV Agusta F4 1000Kawasaki ZX-10RClearly, it's a charge lead
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We're looking for an Online Production Editor
By Ben Cope on 29/07/2008 10:41:47
Are you an online specialist with a passion for bikes? Looking for a new challenge? You could become a part of our team
as you go about your tasks of writing, editing and publishing content.Visordown works alongside its sister title, TWO magazine, so you'll be working closely with the TWO editorial team in repurposing content.You'll have a keen interest in motorcycling
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Inside the mind of Valentino Rossi
By Ben Cope on 01/09/2010 18:14:10
One of the UK's leading graphologists analyses Valentino Rossi handwriting from a note he wrote to his team and offers remarkable insight
the Fiat Yamaha MotoGP squad, he penned a letter to his team which was widely publicised on the internet. We wanted to know more about this elusive, private individual so we gave a copy of his resignation note to Elaine Quigley and only told her
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At Cadwell with Keith Flint and crew
By Ben Cope on 02/09/2011 10:59:28
..racing in the Hottrax Endurance series
I was at Cadwell the week before the BSB races, racing in the Michelin Power Cup - part of the Hottrax series. I setup with Paul Berryman and Keith Flint who race under the banner Team Traction Control in the Hottrax Endurance series
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